report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
management; administration; operation
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
lawmakers from the ruling parties; government member of parliament
to state; to express; to mention
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
establishment; settlement
a long time ago; in those days
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
deadly serious; deadly earnest
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
generation; the world; the age
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
living thing; living creature; animal; life
guidance; protective custody